May 2016 Babies

My lo has to wear glasses!!!

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tiffenymoore wrote:

Ok so to start off we received the news about beginning of September that she may need glasses and I knew she probably would, but it still made me sad that my 16 month old will have to wear them. I know it's good that they caught it early. So beginning of September the doctors office I took her to took out this machine turned out the lights while I held her and it made a chirping sound as well as have the red lights when she got done she sounded concerned so I knew something was wrong. She looked at me and said that my lo was either near sighted or farsighted she didn't know which and that my lo also had a stigmatism, she referred us to an optometrist to have it further looked at. Unfortunately the one we got referred to only comes to the area I live once a month so of course it took us awhile to get in. Well fast forward a couple weeks and we go see the optometrist and find out she's far sighted meaning she can see far away but not up close and that it's a good thing we caught it as early as we did because it could cause her eyes to cross. So now we got her baby glasses ordered, but they won't be here for about 3 weeks. I know doctor said we didn't have to have her wear them full time (that it was up to us), but I'm wondering if I should have her get used to wearing them all the time? So my question is should I have her get used to all the time so it becomes a habit or should I start small and only do it for reading to begin with then work to more?? I'm really not sure how to do this and need advice from anyone else who has been through something similar

For me it would depend how many diopters of farsightedness and astigmatism was prescribed. And what's her best corrected visual acuity? I hate the word farsightedness because at a certain point in a long life you lose both near and far and it's still called farsightedness. :( I began as an optician when I got into the optical world.

Sorry, didn't mean to leave it there. Molars are growing over here and ds just woke up screaming.

With only the information given, have her wear them for all close up tasks or arms length, if she's reading her books, dolls, legos, tablets, etc. If she's running around the house or outside, no. Tv is also a no unless it really close, like the ones in cars.

@senoracoco Thank you so much for all of your advice. Our optometrist did say that we could start off with just books and get her used to it, but he also said that we could have her start wearing them all the time that It's what we felt comfortable with. I like your idea of getting her used to wearing them when she plays with toys that are close up, or reading, or within arm's length activities.

Next to my baby not sleeping longer then three hours a night glasses has been the hardest thing in the world. Until a week ago when we bought tomato glasses. Miraflex and solo bandini glasses did not work. She hates them. It was a constant struggle to keep them on for more then 5 minutes at a time without her ripping them off. This was four months of trying them... then we bought tomatoes and she keeps them on no problem. She is far sighted, +4.5. Far sighted is the hardest because the muscle in their eyes have corrected their vision and you are putting glasses on them and blinding them until they learn to relax their muscles. Good luck and go for tomatoes. You can buy them on Amazon and have Walmart fill the prescription.

@ashley5jess Thank you I will look into these glasses if my lo won't wear hers. I'll even put them into the cart and save for later just so I can find them if we do need them . Im hoping that because we got them in her favorite color she will wear hers though. Here's to hoping . I think my lo's scrip was around the same as your Los. Thank you again. I am heading right now to find them and add them to the cart :)

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